Hi everyone
I'll get straight to the point:
For a couple of reasons, I have to work from a company provided laptop. It usually isn`t a problem. However, I will soon have to travel quite a bit for work, meaning the laptop goes with me. I really wanted to avoid bringing 2 computers, as my personal laptop is closer to a George Foreman grill (in terms of size) and weights quite a bit. That said, I am quite a bit limited with what I can do with my company's computer, meaning I almost got no choice but to bring both. UNLESS...
I`ve been searching the topic and stumbled on live persistent USB Linux versions that can boot from a flash drive. I tried it out with Mint, but it runs incredibly slow, to the point where it's less frustrating to not use it at all. The computer itself isn't awful, but I guess it has more to do with running from a USB stick than anything else. Here's where it starts to get tricky: I've been searching for a distribution that:
1- Is persistent and lightweight enough to run from a USB stick (Maybe load into RAM?) while not being as sluggish as my first few attempts.
2- Can handle some kind of non basic text editor/IDE AND compile and run codes; as I am learning to program, wanted to keep learning while on the go
3- (And this might be asking a little too much from it) IF POSSIBLE - can run some light games for when I go to middle of nowhere with no internet (plenty of those in my itinerary...)
The specs on the computer are:
8gb of ram
Some kind of 4th or 5th gen Intel i5 processor
Some kind of integrated nvidia gpu (my guess is it can`t be older than a GeForce 800M)
Not sure what motherboard it uses
Might be relevant, might not be - It uses a Brazilian ABNT2 keyboard
Sorry about the very imprecise specs, but I can't exactly poke around this stuff to find out more. I was actually very surprised it allowed me to boot Mint from a USB...
I'll get straight to the point:
For a couple of reasons, I have to work from a company provided laptop. It usually isn`t a problem. However, I will soon have to travel quite a bit for work, meaning the laptop goes with me. I really wanted to avoid bringing 2 computers, as my personal laptop is closer to a George Foreman grill (in terms of size) and weights quite a bit. That said, I am quite a bit limited with what I can do with my company's computer, meaning I almost got no choice but to bring both. UNLESS...
I`ve been searching the topic and stumbled on live persistent USB Linux versions that can boot from a flash drive. I tried it out with Mint, but it runs incredibly slow, to the point where it's less frustrating to not use it at all. The computer itself isn't awful, but I guess it has more to do with running from a USB stick than anything else. Here's where it starts to get tricky: I've been searching for a distribution that:
1- Is persistent and lightweight enough to run from a USB stick (Maybe load into RAM?) while not being as sluggish as my first few attempts.
2- Can handle some kind of non basic text editor/IDE AND compile and run codes; as I am learning to program, wanted to keep learning while on the go
3- (And this might be asking a little too much from it) IF POSSIBLE - can run some light games for when I go to middle of nowhere with no internet (plenty of those in my itinerary...)
The specs on the computer are:
8gb of ram
Some kind of 4th or 5th gen Intel i5 processor
Some kind of integrated nvidia gpu (my guess is it can`t be older than a GeForce 800M)
Not sure what motherboard it uses
Might be relevant, might not be - It uses a Brazilian ABNT2 keyboard
Sorry about the very imprecise specs, but I can't exactly poke around this stuff to find out more. I was actually very surprised it allowed me to boot Mint from a USB...